ADAIRSVILLE, GA – The point battle for the 2019 Durrence Layne Performance Parts Street Stock Division National Championship is beginning to tighten up after Durrence Layne Weekly Racing Series Week 15 action. Just two points separate 14-year-old Dylan Hamilton of Cantonment, FL and Hayden Moran of Covington, LA at the top of the standings.

Hamilton and Moran now have one more week to earn full points before they reach the 14-week mark of their respective seasons. Third-place Joseph Nicholson of Fort Walton Beach, FL has reached the 14-week mark of his season and will now try to net on a 25 beginning with Week 16 competition.

Drivers racing in Durrence Layne Weekly Racing events compete for both a Track point fund and a National point fund. Drivers compete against drivers racing at Durrence Layne Racing sanctioned tracks across the country using a National points system over a 27-week season that concludes on September 29.

A driver’s best 14 weekly point totals count as their season total. Once a driver reaches 14 weeks of competition, they start trying to net points by replacing the lowest weekly total among their best 14 weekly totals with a higher one. A driver can only count their best point total each week as their total for that week.

The top ten drivers in the Durrence Layne Chevrolet Late Model Division National point standings will earn a seat at the Durrence Layne Racing Annual Awards Banquet to receive a point fund check and a trophy.

Hamilton has 616 points in leading the Durrence Layne Performance Parts Street Stock Division National standings. Hamilton had a 12th-place finish on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS driving the Hamilton Motorsports Special.

Moran raced three times in Week 15 with his best finish a second-place run on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in the We Buy Junk Cars Special powered by a $3,595 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to bring his season total to 614 points. Nicholson reached the 14-week mark of his season with 590 points after a 34-point seventh-place finish on Saturday night at Southern Raceway in Milton, FL.

Doug Taylor of Angie, LA is fourth in the Durrence Layne Performance Parts Street Stock Division National standings with 580 points. Taylor still has one more week to earn full points. Taylor drove the Taylor’s Beef Jerky Special to an 11th-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS.

Jeremy Eaton of Wiggins, MS is fifth in the Durrence Layne Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 514 points, and he still has three more weeks to earn full points. Eaton finished third on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway driving the Parker’s Towing Special.

There were several big Durrence Layne Performance Parts Street Stock Division winners in Week 15 action. Chad Winkles of Hartselle, AL was the first to visit Victory Lane with a $1,000 victory on Wednesday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL driving the Dirty South Towing Special.

Louisiana’s Bobby Chandler drove the Chandler Racing Special to a win worth $1,000 in the Jackie Thacker II Memorial Race on Thursday night at Thunder Valley Speedway in Glenmora, LA. Justin McRee of Woodstock, AL drove Johnny Stokes’ Tribute Car to the win on Friday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS powered by a $3,595 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

Clayton Kilgore of Greenville, MS took a 40-point win on Friday night at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS driving the SCK Special powered by a $3,595 Chevrolet Performance 602 Chevrolet Performance Circle Track Engine.

The defending Durrence Layne Performance Parts Street Stock Division National Champion Ricky Idom of Hattiesburg, MS took his second win of the season on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in the Tri-State Rock & Rails Special powered by a $3,595 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine. Duck River Raceway Park in Lewisburg, TN rained out their Week 15 event on Friday night.

Jason Baker of Addison, AL drove the Carden Construction Special to his series-leading eighth win of the 2019 season on Saturday night at ECM Speedway in Arkadelphia, AL. Baker is seventh in the Durrence Layne Performance Parts Street Stock National standings with 486 points and he has the second highest Weekly Point Average (WPA) at 48.60 out of a possible 50.

Baker still has four more weeks to earn full points. The driver with the highest WPA among the Top 20 in the National Street Stock standings with eight or more weeks of racing is Eddie Rhinehart of Lawrenceburg, TN. Rhinehart is 18th in the National standings with 391 points, and has a WPA of 48.88 with six more weeks to earn full points.

Mike Lane of Wing, AL drove the Lane Racing Special powered by a $3,595 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to his fifth win of the season on Saturday night at Southern Raceway in Milton, FL with a 40-point victory. Brooks Strength of Raymond, MS took the win on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park driving the Statement Race Cars Special powered by a $3,595 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

The Saturday night Durrence Layne Performance Parts Street Stock Division race scheduled for Thunderhill Raceway in Summertown, TN was rained out. Thunderhill Raceway will run Double Features on July 20 with the first feature being the Week 15 Make-Up Race, and the second feature will be the regularly scheduled Week 17 race.

For complete point standings, more information and rules about the Durrence Layne Performance Parts Street Stock Division, visit the series web site at www.durrencelayneracing.com, or visit the series on Facebook at Durrence Layne Performance Parts Street Stock Division. You can follow us on Twitter @DurrenceLayneRacing.

DURRENCE LAYNE PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 7/6/19:

1. 22 Dylan Hamilton – 616
2. 41 Hayden Moran – 614
3. 11 Joseph Nicholson – 590
4. 2 Doug Taylor – 580
5. KC2 Jeremy Eaton – 514
6. 8 Mike Lane – 510
7. 41 Jason Baker – 486
8. 30 Noel Bailey – 483
9. 88 Joe Rachel - 474

DURRENCE LAYNE PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 15 RESULTS:

Wednesday, July 3:

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL: 1. Chad Winkles; 2. T.J. Herndon; 3. Eddie Rhinehart; 4. David Earl Gentry; 5. Johnny Stokes; 6. Jason Baker; 7. Jamey Boland; 8. Brent Steele; 9. Michael Kirby; 10. Hayden Moran; 11. Michael Blade; 12. Logan Hudson; 13. Noel Bailey; 14. Justin McRee; 15. Jeremy Isbell; 16. Dean Travis; 17. Brady Lee; 18. Brian Hudson; 19. Billy Wilkins.

Thursday, July 4:

THUNDER VALLEY SPEEDWAY – GLENMORA, LA: 1. Bobby Chandler; 2. Blaine Perkins; 3. Mickey Steele; 4. Will Nolen; 5. Chase Rasmussen; 6. Scottie Benjamin; 7. Bryan Laird; 8. Derek Perkins; 9. Alan Lindow; 10. Matt Ryan; 11. Zachary Heflin; 12. Cody St. Romain; 13. Joe Rachel; 14. Josh McGee.

Friday, July 5:

GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS: 1. Clayton Kilgore; 2. Ryan Colby; 3. Jamie Rochell; 4. Jeremiah Toten; 5. Justin Reynolds; 6. Ricky Wrinkle Sr.

HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS: 1. Ricky Idom; 2. Bryce Sheasby; 3. Jeremy Eaton; 4. Jason Jackson; 5. Roger Flynn; 6. Woody Hughes; 7. Leslie Brown; 8. Shannon Fletcher; 9. Landen Jackson; 10. Roman Davis; 11. Doug Taylor; 12. Richard Zeller; 13. Jay Collum.

MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS: 1. Justin McRee; 2. Chad Thrash; 3. Jason Hollis; 4. Michael Blount; 5. Hayden Moran; 6. Dewayne Estes; 7. Lee Ray; 8. Cody Nelson; 9. Matt Byram; 10. Kaleb Vandygriff; 11. Hunter Runions; 12. Janie Sudduth; 13. Josh Holbrook; 14. Colby Brandon; 15. Justin Pugh; 16. Andrew Boleware; 17. Dustin Dupler.

DUCK RIVER RACEWAY PARK – LEWISBURG, TN: RAINED OUT

Saturday, July 6:

ECM SPEEDWAY – ARKADELPHIA, AL: 1. Jason Baker; 2. Chad Winkles; 3. Mark Thorne; 4. Bobby Joe Robinson; 5. Johnny Stokes; 6. Noel Bailey; 7. Randy Fowler; 8. Jeff Phillips; 9. Sam Hughes; 10. Michael Halbrooks; 11. Jacob Stephens; 12. Jeremy Isbell; 13. E.J. Carter.

SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL: 1. Mike Lane; 2. Evan Folmar; 3. Kyle Kichler; 4. Austin Moye; 5. James Ward; 6. Tommy Lowery; 7. Joseph Nicholson.

WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS: 1. Brooks Strength; 2. Hayden Moran; 3. Dewayne Estes; 4. Michael Blount; 5. Lee Ray; 6. David Williamson; 7. Kash Wilson; 8. Michael Williams; 9. Cale Hollingsworth; 10. Jim Jarvis; 11. Woody Hughes; 12. Dylan Hamilton; 13. Daniel Jessup DNS; 14. Terry Arnsdorff DNS; 15. Parker McWhirter DNS; 16. Jeremy Eaton DNS.

THUNDERHILL RACEWAY – SUMMERTOWN, TN: RAINED OUT


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